The U.S. forces attacked the Pecos River defense line from three directions, focusing on the cross-river railroad bridge in the city of Pecos in the north, breaking through the river between McCammy and Sheffield in the center, where the railroad bridge was also built, and attacking the Great Grain City on the U.S.-Mexico border in the south. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the US army, which lacked offensive experience, was very unprofessional at this time, and had an absolute number of weapons, equipment, and troops, but it was never able to break through the Ming army's defensive line, but instead lost its troops and suffered extremely heavy casualties.

This was to be expected, and the Ming army was the same on the battlefield in Vietnam, when it was found that with the same number of troops, the losses of the attacking side were often more than three times that of the defender, so in the later period, the Ming army attacked the French fortress less and less.

Now a group of American troops who have only shown off in front of the Indians are storming the defense line of the Ming army, and it would be strange if it did better than the Ming army back then.

They managed to cross the river several times, only to be bled by their heads in front of a position of pillboxes, trenches and machine guns.

A bunker defended by a hundred Ming troops can block the attack of thousands of Americans, and this kind of bunker is not a strong fortress, most of them are just rammed earth bunkers.

However, the strong attack of the US army was not without effect, after all, it was 300,000 troops, even if the defense was more advantageous, but the number of Ming troops was too small, after the construction of the defense line of the Pecos River, Lu Yunqi had less than 50,000 mobile troops in his hands, and these 50,000 people had to rush to the defense line formed by the pillboxes at any time, which was somewhat stretched.

He could only keep urging reinforcements, Deng Shicai really sent it, but he sent 5,000 at a time, 10,000 at a time, and added a little bit of support, Lu Yunqi thought that Deng Shicai's side was also very nervous, in fact, Deng Shicai just wanted him to consume here, and he didn't tell him the truth because he was afraid that he was too young to bear the cruelty of treating human life as a number.

The wounded soldiers were constantly transported by river and railroad to El Paso, where the Ming army built a field hospital. As a result, the number of troops in Lu Yunqi's hands never exceeded 70,000, and at the lowest was even 40,000. But Deng Shicai had already refueled him with 100,000 troops.

The battle lasted for a month, and the American troops gave up the attack after paying the price of at least 100,000 killed. The U.S. military has mobilized more than 500,000 troops, but as a result, there is no way to deal with such a simple defense line along the river, and its morale has been greatly damaged.

At this time, in other directions, the US forces also invariably turned to counterattack, and after a whole year of preparation, they already had enough troops to continue to let the enemy remain on their own soil, which was intolerable.

In the direction of Denver, they simply could not break through the no-man's land in the mountains of Nevada, how difficult it was for the Chinese to build the railroad here, how difficult it was for them to march, after all, the construction of the railway was only the construction of 10,000 people, the army mobilized thousands, it was even more difficult, the Ming cavalry and the Indian cavalry were infested, blew up the railway bridges and tunnels, filled a well, and turned the large-scale march into a disaster, and the American army just passed Salt Lake City, and they couldn't stand the endless harassment and gave up.

In the direction of Billings, they successfully crossed the Rocky Mountains and entered the Snake River Plain, where the march was relatively ideal, and the valley could even reach Portland, but the Ming army built a 100-mile defense line around the Hood Pass, cutting off the Columbia River Valley, and the American army could not attack for a long time, but they had to endure long transportation and supply difficulties, and it was gradually unsustainable in this direction.

On the sea, Daming also felt the pressure, after controlling Hawaii, Daming took this as the center and established a number of communication lines, from here opened up a direct route to Peru and Colombia in South America, and merchant ships continued to transport food and materials to North America after transiting through Hawaii.

The United States and Daming also engaged in a diplomatic war here, and the United States asked these South American countries to remain neutral and cut off commercial trade with Daming, but several countries did not want to see the expanding trade volume damaged, and they all believed that food did not belong to the arms trade and was not included in the embargo.

The Ming Dynasty also opened up a direct communication line from Taiwan to Hawaii, and a large number of weapons and equipment were supplied from the mainland.

But the problem comes from the lines of communication, these routes are thousands of kilometers away, and the difficulties in the middle cannot be expressed in words, not only have to experience unprovoked winds and waves at sea, often transport ships capsize, and the most dangerous thing is that some merchant ships began to be sunk by the US military, and the US Navy used a new combination of submarines and fish.

Food supplies could be purchased from South America, smuggled from Mexico, and requisitioned from California, but arms had to be transported from the mainland, so this route had to be guaranteed, and the navy had to start escorting the ship, and the number of naval ships was greatly reduced.

In view of this reason, Deng Shicai asked the foreign affairs Sima Shang to contact the British, hoping that the British would intervene.

The Foreign Affairs Department was extremely dissatisfied with this, believing that the frontal war had just begun, and they took the initiative to propose peace talks, which would bring great disadvantages to the negotiation work, and demanded that the army must take full responsibility.

Diplomacy believes that the military situation is unfavorable to diplomatic negotiations, while the military believes that diplomacy should strive for power that cannot be obtained on the battlefield; in the final analysis, it is still a question of eternal diplomacy and military subordination, whether the military is subordinate to diplomacy, the military is nothing but a special diplomatic means, or whether diplomacy is subordinate to the military, and diplomacy is just a military means.

This time, Zhu Jinglun firmly stood on the side of the army, asked the foreign affairs department to come forward to contact the British, and decided to make large concessions, so that the army could withdraw from the war safely.

Daming proposed that the Ming army could withdraw from the United States, but demanded that the United States guarantee the rights and interests of the Chinese and abolish laws that discriminated against Chinese, while the United States resolutely demanded that the Ming immediately withdraw its troops, and that the Ming had no right to interfere in the judicial operation of the United States.

The bottom line gap between the two sides was too large, and Deng Shicai thought that the United States was insincere, and asked the Foreign Affairs Department to announce the cessation of negotiations.

The Americans, presumably believing that they had the upper hand, decided to attack again, but from the direction of Denver they were still unable to break through, and it was difficult to advance, but the Colorado line was infested with Ming cavalry, which made it impossible for them to go south to support. The Columbia Valley is still in a stalemate, and the Chinese seem to be very good at engineering, and the fortifications they have built are so strong that they will not move even if the US Army launches an attack.

The U.S. military found that the most likely breakthrough was the southern front, which was the longest supply line of the Ming army, and the Pecos River defense line should be the easiest place to make a breakthrough, so the U.S. army concentrated its forces and launched another attack on the Pecos River defense line.

The Second Battle of the Pecos River broke out.

The Americans guessed correctly, the Ming army was indeed the weakest in this direction, and after fierce and hard fighting, they managed to break through the Sheffield area, opening a breakthrough to the other side of the river, and a large number of American troops crossed the river and launched a roundabout operation to the south and north.

At this time, the Ming army on the southern front collapsed, they burned a large amount of grain supplies in the Great Grain City, and retreated along the river towards El Paso.

To the north, Pecos is still holding out, but McCammy has been occupied by the American army, and they have occupied a breakthrough more than 100 kilometers long on the Pecos River, and the gate to the west has been opened.

The U.S. army believed that the main force of the Ming army in Daliangcheng should not be allowed to retreat successfully, and before the capture of Pecos, relying on their own strong forces, they began to detour southward, intending to cut off the retreat of the Ming army.

It's a pity that they are one step slower, the Ming army has a series of pillbox lines here to rely on, established a perfect line of communication, plus the number of troops is small, the retreat is very rapid, when the American army arrived at the Grande River, the Ming army has successfully retreated into the Grande Valley at the western foot of the Rocky Mountain.

At this time, the U.S. troops were still hesitating to enter the river valley to pursue, and the pursuit might be ambushed, and if they did not pursue, they would let more than 100,000 Ming troops successfully escape.

There is no consensus among the top leaders of the US military, and some advocate pursuit, believing that if one of the main forces of the Ming army can be annihilated, it will be very likely that the Ming army will be prompted to propose peace talks again, and then abandon all unreasonable demands and reach a settlement with the United States.

The army believes that the U.S. military front has been stretched too long at this time, the north has not yet attacked Pecos, it is more than 300 kilometers away from the southern line of the Rio Grande Valley, and there is a residual vein of the Rocky Mountains in the middle, although the terrain is not high, but it is still not an easy place to pass, except for some river valleys and tunnels, it is impossible to communicate with the outside world, once the U.S. army enters this river valley and is intercepted by the Ming army, it is difficult to get rescue.

Most of the passes in the mountains were railroad passes, which were now under the control of the Ming army, and the army believed that they should not venture into the unfamiliar valley floor to pursue the Ming army until they were captured.

After a long discussion in the Congress, they were extremely dissatisfied with the attitude of the military, and they were even afraid of the unfamiliar terrain when they were fighting on their own soil, as if they were fighting on someone else's land.

In particular, a group of guys who became members of Congress because of the exclusion of Chinese were even more indignant, believing that this was simply a cowardly act, and demanded that the military correct this war-like mentality.

In fact, this is still a struggle between political and military interests, and the members of the US Congress are of course all political figures, and there are very few experts from the military, who think that fighting this war is of great political significance, so they will not consider the risks taken militarily, but they are also worried that the military defeat will make the political assumption too big a risk, and for a time the politicians are deadlocked, and as for the opinions of the soldiers, few people care at this time.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty once again conveyed the sincerity of the peace talks through the British, and they suggested that the two sides cease fighting on the current front, and the Ming would withdraw the front-line troops, and the US troops should not pursue, so that the two sides could disengage from military contact and then enter the stage of peace negotiations.

The U.S. Congress considered that the situation of the Ming army was undoubtedly quite bad, and the radicals suppressed the conservatives, and then ordered the American troops to march into the Rio Grande Valley.

After the army entered the river valley, it was indeed very smooth, because it was clear that they did retreat, and they did not intend to ambush them at all, and they even pursued all the way to El Paso, at this time they encountered a strong sniper attack from the Ming army, but it could not be said to be an ambush, so the American army did not express disagreement at this time.

But at this time, there was a slight change in the battle situation in other directions, the American troops besieging Pecos City from the flank could not be attacked for a long time, and encountered the counterattack of the Ming army, they lost their positions, and then retreated all the way along the river, but they were pressed by the Ming army step by step, and they lost a series of pillboxes built by the Ming army along the river.

Sheffield was again in the hands of the Ming army, and the American troops withdrew across the river and blew up the bridge.

At this time, the American troops who entered the valley suddenly found that their back road was cut off, and the only thing they could use was the Rio Grande waterway.

But at this time, a large number of Ming troops suddenly poured out from what direction, constantly attacking the Grande River bunkers, and the first one captured the Great Grain City.

The retreat of the Rio Grande was also cut off, and the U.S. forces strongly demanded an immediate withdrawal, and Congress met again to discuss it.

Without waiting for them to discuss a result, the Ming army that went south from Pecos had already joined forces with the Ming army in Daliangcheng.

At this time, the U.S. military was blocked in the Rocky Mountains south of the Pecos River and north of the Grande River.

The number of besieged American troops is as high as 500,000, the main force is concentrated in the Rio Grande Valley, and they were storming El Paso before, and now they plan to retreat, but the Ming army will not let them withdraw easily, and launched an extremely fierce offensive.

The Ming army maintained control of the El Paso to Pecos railroad throughout the war, which crossed the Rocky Mountains from east to west, and several valleys in the Rocky Mountains stretched almost north-south to the Rio Grande like trumpets, through which the Ming could easily move south and reuse the forts they had built in the past.

The troops moving south from Pecos, after joining up a surprise army at the Great Grain City, went up the river valley and blocked the American troops head-on. In the end, the U.S. forces failed to withdraw from the Rio Grande Valley, and were blocked at the mouth of the valley before reaching the great bend of the Rio Grande.

At this time, the American army had pursuers behind and blocked in front, and the middle was cut off by a group of Ming troops moving south, and they were not only surrounded, but also divided.